Very simple request: I am looking for OSDM in the vein of Scream Bloody Gore and Severed Survival, especially as far as the vocals are concerned. I am seeing a lot of recommendations for Asphyx and Obituary; are there any others?

Well if you are strictly looking for classic raw old school death metal that is not of the Swedish or Finnish variety then:-Molested - Blod DraumMassacra - Enjoy The ViolenceMassacre - From BeyondMorgoth - CursedElectrocution - Inside the UnrealMiasma - ChangesInsanity - Death After DeathSeance - Fornever Laid to Rest (Swedish dm that does not sound like typical swedish dm)Bolt Thrower - War MasterPestilence - Consuming Impulse

Also, I am guessing you are relatively new to the death metal genre, so in that case also listen to these albums (All of them are different from each other in style and the very basic intro albums, and also different from the style you have specifically asked, so if you like a particular style you can expand on it more by coming back here)

Also, listen to Steel Bearing Hand! Goes everywhere from Motorhead-esque speed metal leanings to death metal to black metal to thrash and does it exceptionally well. Reminds me of Battlemaster at times. Ripper band.

Also, listen to Steel Bearing Hand! Goes everywhere from Motorhead-esque speed metal leanings to death metal to black metal to thrash and does it exceptionally well. Reminds me of Battlemaster at times. Ripper band.

Why do bands always invoke Motorhead with stuff like this. Motorhead is mostly midtempo rock and roll. Even the fastest stuff from the early days was fairly basic. This band has 80s type production value and sounds like a proto-death metal band still playing a pinch of thrash music. I don't hear any hard rock or clever Lemmy-esque lyrics.

Also, listen to Steel Bearing Hand! Goes everywhere from Motorhead-esque speed metal leanings to death metal to black metal to thrash and does it exceptionally well. Reminds me of Battlemaster at times. Ripper band.

Why do bands always invoke Motorhead with stuff like this. Motorhead is mostly midtempo rock and roll. Even the fastest stuff from the early days was fairly basic. This band has 80s type production value and sounds like a proto-death metal band still playing a pinch of thrash music. I don't hear any hard rock or clever Lemmy-esque lyrics.

Well the fact that the last song IS a Motorhead cover... I think it's fairly obvious that the influence is there, not to mention that there are portions of the songs that certainly bear similarities to Motorhead's faster jams, if not sped up even faster. You do realize that a band doesn't have to emulate every facet of an influence's sound perfectly in order to bear resemblance to them right? That would just be silly...

That's the worst part, though. If speed was the only things bands took away from Motorhead...then they missed the god damn point. I hate watching talking heads mention Lemmy/Motorhead's influence on thrash and death metal. Why? Because Lemmy's voice wasn't clean, his bass was more distorted and they went really fast? That's all.

Motorhead has songs. Great lyrics. Great hooks. These other bands don't. They fall behind Venom in playing really fast and acting really evil. They bring no attitude or wit to the table and are boring as a result.

That's the worst part, though. If speed was the only things bands took away from Motorhead...then they missed the god damn point. I hate watching talking heads mention Lemmy/Motorhead's influence on thrash and death metal. Why? Because Lemmy's voice wasn't clean, his bass was more distorted and they went really fast? That's all.

Motorhead has songs. Great lyrics. Great hooks. These other bands don't. They fall behind Venom in playing really fast and acting really evil. They bring no attitude or wit to the table and are boring as a result.

That's the worst part, though. If speed was the only things bands took away from Motorhead...then they missed the god damn point. I hate watching talking heads mention Lemmy/Motorhead's influence on thrash and death metal. Why? Because Lemmy's voice wasn't clean, his bass was more distorted and they went really fast? That's all.

Motorhead has songs. Great lyrics. Great hooks. These other bands don't. They fall behind Venom in playing really fast and acting really evil. They bring no attitude or wit to the table and are boring as a result.

Well that's related much more to the quality of your music rather than how influenced you are by certain bands. I can be very influenced by Pink Floyd and write shitty lyrics and fail at my attempt of making good music inspired by them.

Maybe give Beyond Hell a shot? They're more American sounding than anything, but have some slightly Swedish touches. Definitely OSDM though, and there's a shitload of shreddy solos on the album, enough to put me off actually but maybe it would appeal to you.

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Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 10:10 pm

Right, I figured out how to ask this correctly and have a bunch of links to help. Basically, I'm looking for a viking/melodeath fusion, close to what the vala or Amon Armath (it's not really viking metal I know, but I really like the sometimes soaring melodic tremolo lines and marching, militaristic bent they give to melodeath riffs). I'm not looking for anything with a lot of keyboards, or something close to power metal, gothenburg or folk metal, just primarily melodeath with a strong epic/viking metal undercurrent and achieves that through stomping, heady guitar riffs as opposed to keyboards for example. If you're looking for a black/viking comparison to the melodeath/viking I'm looking for, think of bands like (later) thyrfing, (later) moonsorrow, windir etc that is a thicker, guitar heavier sound with the emphasis on death metal.

Drawn And Quartered is one of the best Incy-like bands, mostly due to their having a unique style (especially from since the second album) with bits of black metal and Immolation influence. Like Immolation, their music can invoke a sense of disaster, as it's quite dramatic, but in form it resembles Incantation's sinister, well-flowing death metal. Excellent songwriting with enough variety, but also with that solidity and reliability that Incantation is known for. Their debut is more like Incantation, and less like Immolation and black metal. This song off their debut is called Implements of Hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9oDr4J-fQ&t=15m24s

Then you have Father Befouled, which is utterly filthy. Death metal at its grittiest. Incantation is really elegant compared to this band.

I'm looking for some fast, unrelenting death metal. Something like Decapitated, Aeon, or Hour of Penance. Can be technical but not necessary. Not really into breakdowns. Preferably a lesser-known band. Thanks for any help.